Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email. Zynga Partners with Tiger Woods, NFL on New Games ( USA Today ) Social games company Zynga is making a play for the sports fan. Zynga announced Thursday that it rea...

Pinterest is breaking into mobile messaging with a new feature for users to chat about particular Pins, or anything else that comes to mind. Encouraging broader interactions, Pinterest has also made it possible for users to send Pins -- ...

YouTube is the world’s second largest search engine. Devoting time to develop and execute a marketing strategy on YouTube you will achieve success a lot quicker. In this article, George Mathew shows how to discover the percentage of audi...

We often plan our social media activities at the start of the week, but how many of us plan for the week’s end? To put your mind at ease before you head out for an actual weekend, use this Friday afternoon social media checklist.

Monitoring migrations it's not an easy task. While in today's economy, survey data about economic confidence or public opinion are collected on a daily basis, that is not the case for migration statistics, which come from Censuses, popul...

Do you want to grow your business using Instagram? Are you wondering how to build a loyal following? I interview Chalene Johnson for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast and explore how she amassed a following of 365,000 on...

One of the best moments as a marketer is that “a-ha” moment of grasping the concept of informational vs. decision-making content and the importance of how they work together to optimize your content strategy. To see truly remarkable resu...

If you own a small business page on Facebook, you need to be aware of changes that Facebook is making to how your content is shared amongst your followers. Beginning a couple of months ago, some companies’ managed business pages began to...

When you have a personal account on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or another popular social media website, it’s okay to let it languish when you don’t have time to groom it. Business accounts are an entire matter altogether, however. Lea...

I’ve been a big fan of Buffer for a while now, it has always been a very simple way to schedule across various social media platforms. This post isn’t about the merits of Buffer as a tool though. People often ask me for an example of gre...

Link building is going through some changes since Google has made it clear the “wrong” kind will get you penalized. The trick is figuring out what the “right” kind is, and that is indeed tricky, but it isn’t impossible.

The ongoing legal war between smartphone makers Apple and Samsung is a step closer to conclusion this week as both parties have decided to drop litigation beyond the United States. It would appear the hassle of fighting multiple battles ...

Almost since phone became digital, allowing clear one to one communications, companies have relied on salespeople to engage prospective buyers. Salespeople called prospects that had little to no information on possible solutions to busin...

Undoubtedly, Besson’s techno sci-fi metaphysical Lucy will entertain global audiences and probably cause some neuroscientists to quake. But, as the box office shows, popular sentiment is definitively more aligned with the ethereal Lucy a...

Nowadays, the younger generation is growing up in a world that is moving at a very fast. If any educational institute refuses to acknowledge this fact, they won’t be able to do justice with the students when it comes to education....

Definitely a useful feature to open a discussion about a specific photo, Pinterest has launched a new feature called Conversations that provides a direct messaging service between active users. The post Pinterest adds the ability to chat...

Ridesharing is its own new market economy thanks to Uber, Lyft and many other startups. It’s a rewarding way to engage and exchange services with strangers, but it can also create intense personal interactions. That’s why thi...

Advertisers on Twitter can now create campaigns focused on specific marketing goals, and pay only when people take desired actions as a result. Marketers can choose from a range of key goals; Twitter's self-serve ads tool will suggest th...

Facebook announced two changes to its platform policy for developers that will go into effect Nov. 5: Games that include mandatory or optional in-application charges must disclose those charges in their app descriptions, and users must...

Photo-sharing service EyeEm is announcing today that it is partnering with Foursquare and The Huffington Post to get photos taken by its users in front of more people with the introduction of two new competitions in its iOS and And...

In recent years, the term Big Data has come to the fore, with businesses trying to use the huge stores of data to solve the world’s problems. While Bill Gates thinks analytics can be used to improve American schools , tech companies use ...

Inside Facebook has been covering the Facebook platform since 2006, when Facebook was still in its infancy. We’ve also been an early adopter of Facebook. Our fanbase has grown incredibly fast in the past year, as...

Who’s up for a little taxonomy? Let’s take a quick look at what ‘karma’ means to different subsets of redditors. The first distinction is obviously whether or not said user cares about karma (reddit points) at all...

Facebook’s $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR is seen as a long-term play for the future that naturally includes much more than just video games. It should thus come as no surprise that Facebook is reportedly in talks with executives at...

VideoIf you look at the web address of any financial site and most e-commerce sites, you'll find the letters "HTTPS" in front of the site name. HTTP, which is on all websites, stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol and S stands for "Secu...

Los Angeles Galaxy and Team USA soccer legend Landon Donovan used a Facebook post Thursday to announce his retirement at the conclusion of the Major League Soccer season. (more…) New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in...

Facebook announced Thursday it was buying California-based cybersecurity startup PrivateCore, in a move to boost defenses of its vast server network. "I believe that PrivateCore's technology and expertise will help support Face...

Google transformed online search to build its brand, prioritizing digital access for consumers across the globe. Then came Google Glass , which according to BetaBeat , “dropped on the world in a kind of public beta.” Google ...

In what seems like the first update to Google+ in a long while, the development team has announced an updated version of the Android app with performance boosts and UI tweaks. Performance is the main focus on this update, and according t...

Looking for love is no longer what it used to be. The proliferation of social networks such as Facebook and online dating sites has changed the game tremendously. More and more people are going online to look for a mate. But how do you e...

This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. Awesome news: 490 people saw a tweet I sent out this week! Awesomer still, 16 people either clicked the link, left a reply, or favorited the tweet. And as for the other 474 people? I coul...

Chances are, you’ve spent some time today communicating with friends and colleagues using one of the many services for sending words. Whether those words were sent via email, SMS or chats, they have an impact on your psychological ...

Mason Jar Cookie Company, a gourmet ready-to-bake cookie mix, named The O'Hara Project as its agency of record to handle social media efforts and public relations duties. The brand is expanding to offer additional pre-mixed treats, along...

In less than 24 hours, the new Foursquare app’s “Tastes” has already acquired over 15 million user-generated recommendation items. The Tastes feature acts like tags for your personal preferences. If you like tacos, you can search and add...

Facebook announced today that it has acquired PrivateCore, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based secure server technology company. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, both companies say they are aligned with the same vision of security...

In addition to releasing Graph API version 2.1 today, Facebook also announced two important changes to its Platform Policies under games and proper use. Developers have 90 days (until November 5, 2014) to comply with the new rules. Here ...

NEW YORK (AP) — If you believe the media reports, Richard Nixon suffered a stroke in 1994 and died days later at age 81. He is buried in his native Yorba Linda, California, silent as the country marks the 40th anniversary of his resignat...

Facebook announced the acquisition of secure server technology provider PrivateCore Thursday in a post by Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan , in which Sullivan said PrivateCore’s vCage technology will eventually be incorporated int...

"Fish where the fish are," the saying goes, but apparently no one shared this wisdom with big retailers, who are lagging behind when it comes to promoting and selling their products on social platforms. That's according to finds from Ken...

Twitter’s recent growth has been a cause for celebration across the tech industry, and the finance industry is pretty happy too. However, there’s still a major problem with bots online — and on Twitter especially. Scientists from t...

Facebook today released Graph API version 2.1, as well as updated Android and iOS SDKs that work with it. For those who don’t know, the Graph API is the primary way for apps to read and write to the Facebook social graph. The release mea...

Does it make more sense to enter a market and get to know your customers as you go, or enter the market having a strong understanding about them? The second option seems the most logical, but getting this information is not always easy. ...

We’ve all heard the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. She sneaks into the house of three bears and tries their porridge, chairs, and beds only finding one of the three in each instance to be “just right”. The opt...

Reflexis a leader in integrated real-time execution and workforce management solutions has selected SoftLayer an IBM company to help customers in the retail industry make the transition to cloud computing. Reflexis is looking to transfor...

nCrypted Cloud has announced the opening of its European operation. nCrypted Cloud is the secure collaboration application that seamlessly integrates with leading cloud storage services such as Box Dropbox Egnyte GoogleDrive and OneDrive...

OpenTextandtrade; has announced the launch of its European Data Zone for end-to-end cloud fax services. The OpenText European Data Zone based in the UK now provides OpenText Fax2Mail and OpenText Production Messaging customers with compl...

Zadaraandtrade; Storage Inc. has announced the immediate availability of its VPSAandtrade; On-Premise as a Service (OPaaS) solution a groundbreaking private cloud storage as a service option that provides fully-managed enterprise SAN (bl...

Diablo Technologies has announced Carbon2 the second-generation of their award-winning Memory Channel Storageandtrade; (MCSandtrade;) platform. The companyandrsquo;s latest memory-based architecture is purpose-built for seamless integrat...

Wikipedia Zero inspired by Facebook Zero targets the new mobile-centric audiences around the world Wikipedia can be read for free by 350 million mobile phone subscribers in the developing world, its engineering chief has said - a result ...

Domain name suspension requests sent by City of London Police to registrars are not being met with cooperation in a majority of cases. New information obtained through a Freedom of Information request reveals that a total of 70 requests ...

This week’s infographic is courtesy of Vouchercloud, painting the Portrait of the Mobile Consumer. Points of interest: By 2018, mcommerce sales are estimated to reach $626 Billion, almost equaling global ecommerce in 2013, $638B Tw...

Europes data protection laws clash with the US view of free speech, yet outside of public interest we should be able to have a say in the public memory of who we are Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, has a particular cultural and eco...

Comedian blasts Sean Hannity for his controversial interviewing style and ex-secretary of state does some epic name-dropping An unsuspecting man boarding a rush hour train at Stirling station, northwest of Perth in Australia, is the subj...

Chuck Sharp says, “I’ve heard and used the colloquialism “TMI” (short for “Too Much Information”) in social situations plenty of times — like when my sister wants me to watch a YouTube video of an operation she’s about to have on h...

We just heard from Dan Kennedy that Launch Day for his Make Them Buy Now System and Toolkit is less than two days away. In preparation for the launch, Kennedy has released his first Make Them Buy training video with remarkable undergroun...

Jonathan Pavoni says, “Today more than ever your website is the face of your organization. Many times it’s the first impression that prospects have with your brand, and it will leave a lasting impact whether positive or negative. I...

Martin Beck says, “Facebook has updated its Events feature to include analytics, giving Page administrators more information about how events are performing. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed today that the company has added Insigh...

Erica McGillivray says, “At the MozPlex, we’re all still coming down from the incredible energy, excitement, and new ideas that MozCon brings every year. Thank you again to all of you who joined us to make this year’s MozCon ...

John Tackett says, “One of the most common questions we receive at MarketingExperiments about optimization is, “What is it that actually makes a call-to-action effective?” In truth, there are a lot of factors to consider, so in this post...

Karissa Bell says, “Facebook is hoping its latest acquisition will help protect users from malware and other security threats. The company announced Thursday it was acquiring PrivateCore, a security startup that focuses on securing remot...

It was just six months ago that we saw what beacon technology could do on a wide scale. For Super Bowl XLVIII, the National Football League installed wireless transmitters in Times Square and at MetLife Stadium to send simple yet specifi...

ICANN announced yesterday it has granted four more data retention waivers to registrars domiciled in France and Germany due to their inability to sign ICANN’s 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement. Read More...

"Black Hat" SEO - the strategy of creating pages jammed with keywords that dont' make any sense and creating link farms - still resonates around the web. Users and search engines are smarter; to connect now, the key is creating and optim...

Online events can be leveraged as tools for lead generation, qualification and customer retention. The content can also be repurposed as on-demand content for webinars, ebooks and the like. The key is to create an engaging event that wil...

Attracting a potential client's initial attention is often the most challenging part of growing a customer base. By focusing on a niche, brands don't need to address a general audience; instead, they communicate a very specific message c...

Posted by MarkTraphagen Most of us who work in content marketing have felt the strain that scaling puts on our efforts. How on Earth are we supposed to keep coming up with great ideas for new pieces of content? The answer is, in som...

ICANN has published the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) process documents for Community Priority Evaluation (CPE). This document provides detail of the process the EIU employs to perform the CPE. Read More...

With global citizens and governments dealing with cyber-surveillance and its impact on personal freedom, classified document leaks will continue and that's not a bad thing, say security and law experts.